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Entry #45
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 412.18 | Billerbeck: Λ45
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-25
Word count: 81
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ὅμηρος (Homer) Β 841 [Iliad], Στράβων (Strabo) 13,3,2 [C 620,27] [Geographica]
Entities: Λάρισσα (Larissa) [place], Θεσσαλία (Thessaly) [place], Πηνειός (Peneius (river)) [place], Ἀκρίσιος (Acrisius) [person], Κρεμαστή (Kremaste) [place], Πελασγία (Pelasgia) [place], Ὄσσα (Ossa (mountain)) [place], Τρωάς (Troad) [place], Αἰολίς (Aeolis) [place], Κύμη (Cyme) [place], Φρικωνίδα (Friconida) [place], Συρία (Syria) [place], Σύροι (Syrians) [people], Σίζαρα (Sizara) [place], Λυδία (Lydia) [place], Μακεδονία (Macedonia) [place], Κρήτη (Crete) [place], Ἀττική (Attica) [place], Ἄργος (Argos) [place], Λαρισσαῖος (Larissaian (demonym)) [people], Λαρισσεύς (Larisseus (demonym)) [people], Ζεύς (Zeus) [deity], Ἔφεσος (Ephesus) [place], Ἀπόλλων (Apollo) [deity], Λαρισσηνός (Larissenos (epithet)) [deity]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: which Acrisius built.; Unclear Metalinguistic: the Cremaste; by some (it is called) Pelasgia.; Borrowing Non Greek: of Syria, which the Syrians call 'Sizar(a)'.; Place Transfer: near Cyme (in Aeolis), (called) the Phryconida.; Morphological Composition: the citizen (demonym) Larissaîos; Zeus Larisseus; Apollo Larissenos (epithets derived from the place name).
Place: Larissa | 📍 Map | Pleiades
Source: e9783110219630_i1084.jpg, e9783110219630_i1088.jpg
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Λάρισαι, πόλεις ιʹ. Θεσσαλίας, ἡ πρὸς τῷ Πηνειῷ, ἣν Ἀκρίσιος ἔκτισε. δευτέρα ἡ Κρεμαστή, ὑπό τινων δὲ Πελασγία. τρίτη ἐν τῇ Ὄσσῃ χωρίον. τετάρτη τῆς Τρῳάδος, ἥν φησιν Ὅμηρος “τῶν οἳ Λάρισαν ἐριβώλακα”. πέμπτη Αἰολίδος περὶ Κύμην τὴν Φρικωνίδα. ἕκτη Συρίας, ἣν Σύροι Σίζαρα, καλοῦσιν. ἑβδόμη Λυδίας. ὀγδόη Θεσσαλίας πρὸς τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ. ἐνάτη Κρήτης. δεκάτη Ἀττικῆς ἐστι Λάρισα. καὶ ἡ ἀκρόπολις τοῦ Ἄργους Λάρισα. καὶ ὁ πολίτης Λαρισαῖος καὶ Λαρισεὺς Ζεύς. Στράβων δὲ κώμην φησὶν Ἐφέσου, ἐν ᾗ Ἀπόλλων Λαρισηνός. * * * *

Larissa: cities (ten). In Thessaly: (1) the one on the Peneius, which Acrisius founded. (2) Larissa Cremastē, but by some called Pelasgia. (3) In Ossa, a place (kōmē/chorion). (4) Of the Troad, which Homer mentions (Il. 2.841): “those who inhabited Larissa, rich in soil.” (5) Of Aeolis, near Cyme—the Phryconid. (6) Of Syria, which the Syrians call Sízara. (7) Of Lydia. (8) Of Thessaly, toward Macedonia. (9) Of Crete. (10) There is a Larissa of Attica. Also the acropolis of Argos is (called) Larissa. And the citizen is Larissaios and (also) Larisseus; and (there is) Zeus Larisseus. Strabo too says there is a village of Ephesus, in which (is) Apollo Larissēnos.

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char LCS 169 (41.8%) · word LCS 31 (38.8%)

Stephanos

Λάρισαι, πόλεις ιʹ. Θεσσαλίας, ἡ πρὸς τῷ Πηνειῷ, ἣν Ἀκρίσιος ἔκτισε. δευτέρα ἡ Κρεμαστή, ὑπό τινων δὲ Πελασγία. τρίτη ἐν τῇ Ὄσσῃ χωρίον. τετάρτη τῆς Τρῳάδος, ἥν φησιν Ὅμηρος “τῶν οἳ Λάρισαν ἐριβώλακα”. πέμπτη Αἰολίδος περὶ Κύμην τὴν Φρικωνίδα. ἕκτη Συρίας, ἣν Σύροι Σίζαρα, καλοῦσιν. ἑβδόμη Λυδίας. ὀγδόη Θεσσαλίας πρὸς τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ. ἐνάτη Κρήτης. δεκάτη Ἀττικῆς ἐστι Λάρισα. καὶ ἡ ἀκρόπολις τοῦ Ἄργους Λάρισα. καὶ ὁ πολίτης Λαρισαῖος καὶ Λαρισεὺς Ζεύς. Στράβων δὲ κώμην φησὶν Ἐφέσου, ἐν ᾗ Ἀπόλλων Λαρισηνός. * * * *

Herodian

… πόλις Καρμανίας. Λάρισα πόλις Θεσσαλίας ἡ πρὸς τῷ Πηνειῷ, ἣν Ἀκρίσιος ἔκτισε. δευτέρα ἡ Κρεμαστή, ὑπό τινων δὲ Πελασγία. τρίτη ἐν τῇ Ὄσσῃ χωρίον. τετάρτη τῆς Τρωάδος, ἥν φησιν Ὅμηρος »τῶν οἱ Λάρισαν ἐριβώλακα« (Β 841). πέμπτη Αἰολίδος περὶ Κύμην τὴν Φρικωνίδα. ἕκτη Συρίας, ἣν Σύροι Σίζαρα καλοῦσιν. ἑβδόμη Λυδίας. ὀγδόη Θεσσαλίας πρὸς τῇ Μακεδονίᾳ, ἐνάτη Κρήτης. δεκάτη Ἀττικῆς ἐστι Λάρισα. καὶ ἡ ἀκρόπολις τοῦ Ἄργους Λάρισα. Ἔμισα πόλις Φοινίκης Λιβανουσίας. Κρίμισα πόλις Ἰταλίας πλησίον Κρότωνος καὶ Θουρίου. Λυκόφρων (v. 913). ἀπὸ Κριμίσης νύμφης. σάρισα εἶδος ἀκοντίου μικροῦ. Ἄμισα πόλις Γερμανίας. Ὄδρυσα πόλις Ὀδρυσῶν, ἣ καὶ Ὀδρυσία λέγ…